An Assistant Police Inspector (API), associated to the Mahim police station has been suspended after a history sheeter, who was externed from the city limits, committed a murder in the jurisdiction of Mahim police station last week.
Soon after the murder took place, the police initiated an enquiry and fixed the responsibility of detection officer Suresh Walvi, who was later suspended.
In the wee hours of Saturday, Richie Fernandes, 27, allegedly killed his friend Masjid Khan, 19, after a drunken brawl at Nayanagar in Mahim. The onlookers who intervened handed Fernandes to police who was later arrested on the charges of murder, the police said.
According to the police, Fernandes who has a criminal history, had been externed from the city limits for two years. His externment order had been issued in November 2019 but he continued to venture out in Mahim area.
The Mahim police booked him at least four times for flouting the externment order, officials said. Recently, Fernandes allegedly molested a woman in Mahim, the police added.
